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Thanet Wanderers It was a fantastic season for Thanet Wanderers RUFC this time around as their first team clinched promotion to the London South East 2 League. This is a club that focuses upon far more than just success at first team level however as we found out when we spoke with club representative Peter Ruranski. He told us, “I personally have been a member of Thanet Wanderers for 52 years having joined in 1966. In that time I have served on the club committee on a number of occasions either as the Social Secretary or as the Director of Marketing. I was attracted toRead More →

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Stirling County Stirling County RFC was first established in 1872 and has played a vital role in their local community ever since. Rugby Club Magazine recently caught up with Club Representative John Gibson to find out more about what is an exciting time for the club. He told us, “We are very much a community based club that looks to involve as many people as possible from our local area. We have kids coming in at a young age and going right through to U18 level in our youth section. A lot of the players that come out of our youth section stay with the clubRead More →

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Pontefract RUFC enjoyed a fine campaign this time around as they clinched promotion to Yorkshire One. Rugby Club Magazine recently caught up with Club Representative Jonathon Hill to find out more about the good work they’ve been doing lately.   Involvement He told us, “I have been involved with the club for the past seven years. I came down for a game with the third team as a social game and ended up getting drawn into the club after my first season playing. I started training and learning the game and within two years started playing first team rugby. After about three years decided I wouldRead More →

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Oxford RFC has enjoyed a terrific season of rugby which was beyond all expectations in being promoted to the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Premiership, and the resurrected 2nd XV, the Nomads, in its first season fulfilling all its league fixtures to finish in third place in the 4th Division. Such is the enthusiasm the club intends to run a third team and will apply to the Thames Valley Merit Table for membership. The pragmatic John Brodley however, Director of Rugby at the club, described the club’s 2017-2018 season as one of two lost opportunities. Oxford’s bogey team was Risborough, who comprised mainly of disaffected ex-Chinnor players. TheRead More →

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Old Crossleyans RUFC enjoyed a fine campaign this time around which ended with them clinching promotion. Plans are already underway to prepare for a new challenge and Rugby Club Magazine recently caught up with Chairman Howard Cooper to find out more. Involvement He told us, “I first went down the club to play in 1972. It didn’t need any thinking about, as I attended the Crossley and Porter Grammar School and played rugby for the school, it was a natural progression to just join the Old Boys after finishing school and continue playing, you just followed the older boys at school. This flow of players continuedRead More →

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“The Measure Of Who We Are Is What We Do With What We Have” The last three seasons have seen Mersea Island RFC go through probably its most significant phase of development since it was founded in 1989. Rugby Club Magazine spoke with Colin Morgan, MIRFC President, and Chairman, Peter Sheane – it is clear there is much more to come from this rapidly moving Essex club, whose recent growth very much belies their size. History  Mersea Island, which is about five miles long by two miles wide lies just off the Essex Coast in the Blackwater Estuary about eight miles south of Colchester. SailingRead More →

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Chippenham RFC has enjoyed a fine season this time around and has built a reputation for playing a fast and attacking brand of rugby. Rugby Club Magazine recently caught up with Chairman Ian Banister to find out more about the good work they have been doing lately. Involvement He told us, “I have been a member of the club for 18 years having moved into the area from Sussex. I already knew the club as my father in law had been club captain in 1959 and I had in fact come to the clubs opening event when they moved from the previous ground to Allington FieldsRead More →